My Lifelong Childhood

"What is all knowledge too but recordered experience, and a product of history; of which, therefore, reasoning and belief, no less than action and passion, are essential materials"                                                        Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Over the past few days, I've sat and watched all the news reports on the Covid-19 virus, the Coronavirus.  Maybe it's because I'm concerned about the vulnerability of humans to microbes but also because a former schoolmate of mine and her husband were quarantined on board the cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, stuck in Yokohama harbor in Japan.  This ship had the largest outbreak of the virus outside of mainland China.  As I watched her videos and the news reports on them, I realized the danger of a pandemic is always possible despite our well-meaning efforts to prevent that. Stuck in their cabin for almost 14 days, they were finally "rescued" by our State Department, only to  sit on a bus

"Listen to the desires of your children.  Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision"                                           Denis Waitley (b.1933 American author) "The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears..."                                            Francis Bacon (1561-1626) After 51 blog posts over the past 2 1/2 years, I've pretty much taken you on a journey through my life, my family, my travels, my joys and, every once in a while, an uncontrollable rant.  If I offended anyone for the latter, I apologize.  At least you know where I stand on some issues!  I'd like to take a different road now, not only to avoid the creative dry spells I've encountered, but to discuss my observations of our society and of our world. When I was in college, my creative writing professor, a successful author, in his own right, of notable short stories (and a few un-notable novels) would always s